An Italian man posed as an international chef to try to get a huge cocaine shipment into Italy hidden in a case of lobsters. Giovanni Care’, 51, presented his culinary credentials to customs officials poised to examine the crustaceans at Verona airport. Care’ said he had bought the lobsters on an Easter vacation in the […]
Shrimp infected with white spot disease
Thua Thien Hue province,Viet Nam- Reports show that shrimp in over 30 hatchery stocks have died. The shrimp in 20 of the hatchery’s had died of white spot disease and the rest of unknown causes, now under investigation. The province’s Department for Protection of Aquatic Resources warned the epidemic was […]
There’s a whole lot more than peanuts and crackerjacks at the old ball yard this year. “We’ll serve over 20,000 hot dogs, 6,000 bags of peanuts… looking forward to it,” said concessions manager Brad Pernaw. But this year, besides the ball park standards, the Fenway fare has a new, healthy direction . The new favorites […]
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will donate nearly 50,000 Chinook and Coho salmon fillets to the Oregon Food Bank. Since 2001, when ODFW started the program, nearly 350,000 salmon fillets have been donated to the Oregon Food Bank, creating over one million six-ounce servings to hungry Oregonians. Eating salmon promotes a heart-healthy diet […]
Guyana has been re certified to export shrimp to the USA following an assessment of the trawlers’ operations and practices by a US Turtle Excluder Device (TED) team in February. The Government Information Agency (GINA) said the recertification came after the TED team found that this country complied with all the requirements set by the […]
Fake lobster meat made of soy. Animal rights activists claim this is a great alternative to real lobster, real lobster connoisseurs say otherwise
Portland, Maine- Freedom has a price, in this case nearly $3400 for 300 lobsters.
Ten young people showed up at a lobster pound in Maine and bought all of the one-clawed lobsters, also known […]
Exposed and vulnerable, half a dozen dime-sized crabs dart for cover. Their striped legs move them sideways across the sand as they search for places to hide. Some crabs disappear into crevices among nearby rocks, while others attempt to conceal themselves by burrowing into the beach. The crab’s mottled dark brown and green carapace provides […]
Sea Turtle caught in shrimp trawler nets
Biloxi, Mississippi. - State officials say they will monitor the removal of storm debris from the Mississippi Sound to ensure shrimp are protected. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources met Tuesday with representatives of the Coast Guard and contractor Matthews Marine of Pass Christian. MDMR director Bill […]
President George Walker Bush
Grants Pass, Oregon. - A federal appeals court Monday strongly rejected the Bush administration’s novel 2004 plan for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams safe for salmon, saying it used “sleight of hand” and violated the Endangered Species Act. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
This is a video of Vietnamese men making a drink of warm sake, and lobster blood. Ewwww